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  • DMA 214 Project 5

    1. What did you learn? Use of combination of skills together 2. What was easy? Finding what to make the stamps of (location and subject) 3. What was challenging? Picking a layout 4. How could your submission be improved? Use more than just colors for background 5. How could the professor improve the assignment for…

  • DMA 384 Project 4

    1. What did you learn? How to use InDesign 2. What was easy? General creation of formatting and fonts 3. What was challenging? Getting InDesign to work with me 4. How could your submission be improved? Less use of placeholder text 5. How could the professor improve the assignment for the next class? Spend more…

  • 214 Project 4

    1. What did you learn? Use of typography for more dynamic text 2. What was easy? General text creation 3. What was challenging? Picking fonts and styles to best convey the text 4. How could your submission be improved? Using different sized frames rather than intentionally constraining myself to the premade size 5. How could…

  • DMA 384 Project 3

    1. What did you learn? Grunge design and fonts, David Carson 2. What was easy? Finding general facts 3. What was challenging? Making sure the font chosen is still legible 4. How could your submission be improved? More creative design, but that could affect readability 5. How could the professor improve the assignment for the…

  • DMA 214 Project 3

    1. What did you learn? Use of skew, masking, and combinations of images 2. What was easy? finding metaphors and creating a general idea of how to draw them 3. What was challenging? Putting the idea “to paper”, so to speak 4. How could your submission be improved? More detail and “fleshed out” ideas. 5.…

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  • DMA 214 Proj 2 reflection

  • Fonts in Forest lawn

    Roman/Serif: consistent line width, use of serif, “flat” angles (either 0 or 90 degrees) whenever possible. Historical/Celtic: More use of curves in serifs, triangular and somewhat extended serifs More curves within the letters, as well as italicized and cursive. Sans-serif/block Lack of any serif, consistent and relatively thick line width Blackletter/Old English “doubling up” of…

  • DMA384 Project 1

    1. What did you learn? Basic aspects of typography 2. What was easy? The general idea of what to create 3. What was challenging? Consistency of style while also being readable 4. How could your submission be improved? I could have made the letters larger, allowing for more detail 5. How could the professor improve…

  • DMA214 Project 1

    1. What did you learn? Gestalt principles 2. What was easy? creating a general plan for how to show the story 3. What was challenging? implementing gestalt principles 4. How could your submission be improved? improve gestalt principles, less minimalism 5. How could the professor improve the assignment for the next class? No suggestions 6.…

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